No, being a candidate still has advantages, such as Money.
If I'm paying taxes through my ass here, I could at least hope some Euros find their way to Turkey.
What the heck? A few million?
On paper you have like 10.3 million, how much can you inflate that number?
Say, you have 8 instead of 10.3. The gdp is around $77 billion (anywhere between 76 and 78), so Azerbaijan would have a gdp of approximately $9625. that's embarrassing for a Petro state in...
I agree we shouldn't meddle with Azerbaijan's internal affairs.
But I checked on Azerbaijan's data .... Why is their gdp so low? Aren't they supposed to be a Petro state and be wealthy? anyone care to explain?
Alright then,
What SoC will they use? Snapdragon, mediatek, xring, kirin or exynos?
What OS? Some fork of graphene os? Something custom?
How will they compete against Xiaomi who literally produce them in dark factories?
The only way for this to survive is to tax Aselsan phones at 0%...
Should the US really go through with their Export Ban, where would Turkey get their Diesel from?
Would this be the ultimate cop out? "Sorry Saudi Arabia, we gotta ration the Diesel"
Wouldn't it make sense to accept another nation into the mecca pact, to provide forces in exchange for whatever the heck other members can offer?
Pakistan and Turkey want to for good reasons. In such cases, a fourth member with a military to export could step in.
Maybe one with geopolitical...
I sort of wonder what Europe is doing about all of this.
This Yemen crisis is really kicking them in the dick mid term, energy supply wise and thus, economically.
"Have been spotted" doing a lot of heavy lifting here:
https://www.swp.de/lokales/goeppingen/tanken-im-kreis-goeppingen-erste-tankstelle-hebt-den-preis-fuer-diesel-auf-mehr-als-drei-euro-79469740.html?utm_source=share_sheet&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=article_action_bar
Tbh that's the case worldwide. Not much you can do now, except for a hard pivot to renewables. This would allow you to decrease a trade deficit long term. this must come ASAP and installing Solar panels and batteries should be made less bureaucratic (it's very bureaucratic from what I hear from...
